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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:11 AM Original message |
*****I Still think there's a way to make electronic voting work***** |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. It CAN work, but it has to be open source software and system design. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. exactly. I was actually thinking about audits |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. note to self. part of the issue is the horrid GUI and "save" features. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. paper receipts, if they are not the legal instrument of a BALLOT are useless |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. 1 suggestion I thought made sense. Touch screen prints out ballot marked, voter can review in hand.. |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I've had the same thought. In fact, the scanner can be made by a different vendor |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I like that idea. It is interesting. it would require that specific machines |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It was another DUers idea, but I modified the trace back idea. Techie smart not Genius. nt |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. It currently exists in prototype, and it's not expensive. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I like that idea. I hadn't thought about how #3 was important |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. Can we stop with the ****** on everything already? :) ***** oh yeah, and * for good measure. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. NO, we can't. I can't stand when my post sinks like a stone |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Then write posts that your readers deem valuable, and dial your ego down to 5 |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. uhhh....you're not smart |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. we need to stop fearing this technology and start FIXING it because it is here to stay |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I had pondered that after the last election. VERIFICATION |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. Even if it was reliable, DRE voting is still an expensive, stupid disenfranchisement mechanism |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I agree with you in some aspects |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. GUI setup is entirely unrelated to the basic problem here |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I see what you're saying, and you may have some good points... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, but optically scanned ballots can be audited by hand counting |
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Poseidan (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. screw electronic voting |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. are you kidding? P.S. internet voting is also a form of electronic voting |
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